Gallup poll: No erosion in support for Obama among Jewish American voters

The Hill ^ | 7/5/11 | Michael O'Brien

[markomalley]

President Obama enjoys strong, steady support from Jewish Americans amid concerns that he faced an erosion in their backing.

A new Gallup Poll found Monday that 60 percent of Jewish Americans said they approve of the way Obama is handling his job, a figure that's relatively consistent with the high level of support he's enjoyed from that bloc this year.

Thirty-two percent of Jewish Americans said they disapprove of the way the president is handling his job, a figure that hasn't really jumped since May 19, when Obama delivered a major speech outlining a peace process for Israelis and Palestinians.

That speech was sharply rebuked by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and spurred speculation — especially on the right — that Jewish voters who had been aligned with Democrats might shift their support away from Obama.

That storyline has prompted some coverage, and Democrats have been sensitive to the charge; the Democratic National Committee recently went out of its way to boast that a fundraiser featuring Jewish Democrats in Washington was oversold.

The Gallup Poll, conducted throughout June, has a 7 percent margin of error.

[markomalley]

What did Mark Levin call these people? Something about self-loathing or something along those lines?

[Eric in the Ozarks]

It has always been thus...

[Theodore R.]

Always and will remain so; many are uninformed but most are just archliberal (Maude the TV show kind of liberal) beyond even Obama.

[LyinLibs]

Once Omoslem destroys Israel, the American Jews will probably bounce back up to 80% approval.

Every time he sends Hamas money, he gains a point.

[LibLieSlayer]

JINO’s.

LLS

[wintertime]

I find it amazing that the smartest people in the world can be sooooo dumb, and vote in a manner that is absolutely NOT in their best interest!

[The Sons of Liberty]

Get a grown up to read and interpret this for you.

[JPG]

Sad commentary. Most everyone who has delved into the reasons for this blind rat allegiance from Jews ends up scratching their heads.

[ilovesarah2012]

How exactly do they poll Jews? How do they know they are Jewish? Is there a master list of Jewish voters?

[SMARTY]

Permanent dupes of the perennial rookie!

[econjack]

I had no clue this is how that population segment feels about Obozo. If they still have any neurons firing, how can they possibly justify their support? Man...I really don't get it. If a well-educated social slice of this Republic is that dumb, we're doomed.

[NativeNewYorker]

From the Gallup site: "Monthly results based on Jewish Americans are generally based on more than 350 interviews with a maximum margin of sampling error of ±7 percentage points."

PLUS OR MINUS 7 PERCENT!!

This report is utter bull.

[sam_paine]

It seems reasonable that US Jews, who by definition do-not-live-in-Israel.....might not be big Zionists.

They are Jewish. And they will be Jewish whether Israel exists as a State or not.

The two are not at all the same to them.

[chimera]

This is exactly like any other special-interest ‘Rat group. It matters not what the ‘Rat says or does, merely that they have that “D” after their name. In the case of the American Jewish community, they still think they are voting for FDR. It's just blind, lemming-like obedience.

[Kirkwood]

All polls have a statistical margin of error. The results are still valid.

[Bringbackthedraft]

Jewish Democrat Liberals? .................... “TRADITION”.

[jennings2004]

+2!

[Sacajaweau]

For a long time now, the polls have become “mind altering” tools. Don’t believe everything you read.

[smokingfrog]

Who else are they going to vote for?

It wouldn’t be cool to vote for a republican. Just ask Jon Stewart.

[MrB]

That was and is my question as well -

what is their definition of a “Jewish voter”?

Someone who has Jewish ancestry and only attends the synagogue as if it’s an ethnic country club is not “Jewish” to my definition, for what that’s worth.